Noodles Restaurant
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Customers become the window display at Noddles
Refurbishment of a Thai restaurant in Soho, largely constructed from plywood, to emphasise the temporary nature of the restaurant
The restaurant comprises a series of plywood booths, containing all the functions of the restaurant, these are placed in a white washed as found shop. The glowing red interiors with arched entrances, illuminated arrows and signage are intended to acknowledge the restaurants location in soho and reflect elements of the traditional (although disappearing) red light district.
Diners sit within booths entered through individual doorways. A large booth, with sliced away sides, is located towards the front of the shop occupied by a large communal table.
Highlights of the menu are laser cut from plywood and displayed like items for sale on shelves on the wall. The typefaces reflect the character of the different dishes available.
The builders merchants materials and rough quality of the existing shop interior are intended to express the temporary nature of the restaurant a point reiterated by the design of the chairs held together by cable ties.
Data
- Begun: Sep 2009
- Completed: Sep 2009
- Floor area: 35m2
- Sector: Sports and leisure
- Total cost: £10,000
- Address: Rosa’s Soho, 48 Dean Street, London, W1D 5BF, United Kingdom
Materials 
Professional Team
- Architect: Gundry & Ducker Architecture
- Client: Rosas Hanbury Street
- Main contractor: Rosas Hanbury Street
- Sub contractor: Conlon Builders
- Sub contractor: P Carney Electrician
